Boycie Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 He shouldn't be saying this whilst he is still our player. Disrespectful.next season he will be #awkward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knabby crackers Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Manel was always up there as my worst ever derby striker..and then we bought sammon! You obviously didn't see Derek Hales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryfromBath Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Polite Ipswich fan here again. I was at the game yesterday at the Madejski and saw the great man in action. Conor replaced David McGoldrick with around 20 minutes to go and teamed up with his compatriot Daryl Murphy in a 4-4-2 formation, against an injury hit Reading side hanging on to a 1-0 lead. He was busy, and immediately started winning set-pieces through what seemed to be his strength, but also an ability to know what the officials were looking out for. He was as awkward as hell, and you could see the Reading defenders getting flustered. It was a pity he replaced McGoldrick, who is not fully sharp or match-fit after last season's injury. McGoldrick has a really inventive footballing brain, and would have been better at exploiting the spaces Sammon created rather than Murphy. His trademark moment - and I thought of you all when it happened - was a wonderful pirouette to the left of Reading's box, where he beat two defenders, only to promptly beat himself as the ball ricocheted off some part of his lower anatomy, and straight out into touch. Only Sammon could do this, but I suspect you already would have known this. I'm off to Birmingham for our away game on Tuesday, and will report back. I think that the trick with him as a supporter is to manage ones own expectations of what he will deliver. He is a useful striker, but possibly useful in a way that is different to any other striker who has ever existed, and our hope is that Mick and Terry will find ways to exploit this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smalley Ram Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Polite Ipswich fan here again. I was at the game yesterday at the Madejski and saw the great man in action. Conor replaced David McGoldrick with around 20 minutes to go and teamed up with his compatriot Daryl Murphy in a 4-4-2 formation, against an injury hit Reading side hanging on to a 1-0 lead. He was busy, and immediately started winning set-pieces through what seemed to be his strength, but also an ability to know what the officials were looking out for. He was as awkward as hell, and you could see the Reading defenders getting flustered. It was a pity he replaced McGoldrick, who is not fully sharp or match-fit after last season's injury. McGoldrick has a really inventive footballing brain, and would have been better at exploiting the spaces Sammon created rather than Murphy. His trademark moment - and I thought of you all when it happened - was a wonderful pirouette to the left of Reading's box, where he beat two defenders, only to promptly beat himself as the ball ricocheted off some part of his lower anatomy, and straight out into touch. Only Sammon could do this, but I suspect you already would have known this. I'm off to Birmingham for our away game on Tuesday, and will report back. I think that the trick with him as a supporter is to manage ones own expectations of what he will deliver. He is a useful striker, but possibly useful in a way that is different to any other striker who has ever existed, and our hope is that Mick and Terry will find ways to exploit this. Nice one, hope it works out for both Ipswich and The Fish - God I really hope it works out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyBilly Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Polite Ipswich fan here again. I was at the game yesterday at the Madejski and saw the great man in action. Conor replaced David McGoldrick with around 20 minutes to go and teamed up with his compatriot Daryl Murphy in a 4-4-2 formation, against an injury hit Reading side hanging on to a 1-0 lead. He was busy, and immediately started winning set-pieces through what seemed to be his strength, but also an ability to know what the officials were looking out for. He was as awkward as hell, and you could see the Reading defenders getting flustered. It was a pity he replaced McGoldrick, who is not fully sharp or match-fit after last season's injury. McGoldrick has a really inventive footballing brain, and would have been better at exploiting the spaces Sammon created rather than Murphy. His trademark moment - and I thought of you all when it happened - was a wonderful pirouette to the left of Reading's box, where he beat two defenders, only to promptly beat himself as the ball ricocheted off some part of his lower anatomy, and straight out into touch. Only Sammon could do this, but I suspect you already would have known this. I'm off to Birmingham for our away game on Tuesday, and will report back. I think that the trick with him as a supporter is to manage ones own expectations of what he will deliver. He is a useful striker, but possibly useful in a way that is different to any other striker who has ever existed, and our hope is that Mick and Terry will find ways to exploit this. Hopefully he tears the league up with you and we get back what we paid. Win, win. Sammon works hard and offers something but not the sort of player I want to pay to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 If we hadn't paid so much money for him i think he would have been appreciated as a trier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 i don't know what the answer is , blindfold him, maybe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleEatonRam Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I don't know how people keep mentioning players like Pereplotkins (not even a striker anyway) in this kind of debate. You can't compare players who played about 45 mins for us with a donkey who's played 89 games. It's no contest - Sammon is the worst Derby striker I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Polite Ipswich fan here again. I was at the game yesterday at the Madejski and saw the great man in action. Conor replaced David McGoldrick with around 20 minutes to go and teamed up with his compatriot Daryl Murphy in a 4-4-2 formation, against an injury hit Reading side hanging on to a 1-0 lead. He was busy, and immediately started winning set-pieces through what seemed to be his strength, but also an ability to know what the officials were looking out for. He was as awkward as hell, and you could see the Reading defenders getting flustered. It was a pity he replaced McGoldrick, who is not fully sharp or match-fit after last season's injury. McGoldrick has a really inventive footballing brain, and would have been better at exploiting the spaces Sammon created rather than Murphy. His trademark moment - and I thought of you all when it happened - was a wonderful pirouette to the left of Reading's box, where he beat two defenders, only to promptly beat himself as the ball ricocheted off some part of his lower anatomy, and straight out into touch. Only Sammon could do this, but I suspect you already would have known this. I'm off to Birmingham for our away game on Tuesday, and will report back. I think that the trick with him as a supporter is to manage ones own expectations of what he will deliver. He is a useful striker, but possibly useful in a way that is different to any other striker who has ever existed, and our hope is that Mick and Terry will find ways to exploit this. That's basically what you get with Sammon. It takes a great amount of patience, tactical nous and unconventional play to get any worth out of him. But he does have his uses, honestly he does. It's just not an easy job to put him to good use. That pirouette into tripping over the ball and himself is trademark Sammon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcnram Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 You obviously didn't see Derek Hales. Or Billy Caskey, or Bobby Campbell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Or Billy Caskey, or Bobby Campbell. Not sure, but I do seem to have vague but quite fond memories of Billy Caskey. Somebody please tell me I don't have Alzheimer's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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